GATT/AIR/2861 13 OCTOBER 1989

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE: SIXTEENTH

MEETING

1. THE ABOVE-MENTIONED MEETING WILL NOW BE HELD, AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED, ON 25-26 OCTOBER 1989, STARTING AT 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER IN ROOM A, WIPO HEADQUARTERS, 34 CHEMIN DES COLOMBETTES, AND CONTINUING ON THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THIS MEETING OF THE GROUP:

A. THE TERMS AND USE OF AN AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT;

B. STRENGTHENED AND MORE OPERATIONALLY EFFECTIVE GATT RULES AND DISCIPLINES;

C. TARIFFICATION, DECOUPLED SUPPORT, AND OTHER WAYS TO ADAPT SUPPORT AND PROTECTION;

D. THE MODALITIES OF SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

E. WAYS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROCESS ON NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

F. SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS;

G. UNDERTAKINGS NOTIFIED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 15 OF THE MID-TERM REVIEW DECISION ON AGRICULTURE (NOTIFICATIONS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED BY 20 OCTOBER 1989: MTN.GNG/NG5/15, PARAGRAPH 4 REFERS);

H. DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 16 OF THE MID-TERM REVIEW DECISION ON AGRICULTURE;

I. MATTERS RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE OBSERVANCE OF SHORT-TERM COMMITMENTS, IF ANY (PARAGRAPH 17 OF THE MID-TERM REVIEW DECISION ON AGRICULTURE);

J. SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS IN 1989, INCLUDING DATE OF NEXT MEETING;

K. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

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